This text discusses the functioning of the recently created National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy (CNPD). This collegiate has typical characteristics of both advisory councils, with advisory attributions and subordination to a public authority, and public policy...

Ministries are government structures that are located at the intersection between cycles of public policies, political party relations and the organizational design of direct public administration. Despite their relevance, the trajectory of the ministries over time is poorly understood, with an...